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Wonder (Wonder, #1)

R.J. Palacio,

Raquel Jaramillo

Finish date: January 20, 2015

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Free copy of Proximity Factor this July, no reviews required. Just enjoy.
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Oct 24, 2012 Dana Berglund rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: youngadult, kids

Wow.
This is the story of August, or Auggie, and his journey through a year of public school for the first time in his 10-year-old life. He has a combination of genetic disorders that have rendered his facial features quite unlike a typical child's. The story is told through the eyes of several different characters in a cascade that fits so well together, I was never bothered by the switch in narrators. Books that have to do with accepting each other's differences can often become cloying, preac ...more

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Aug 09, 2013 Donna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: teen, children

Good story about the shifting morass that is middle school. August "Auggie" Pullman has been homeschooled because of profound cranio-facial abnormalities, but his parents decide before the start of fifth grade that it's in his best interest to attend a regular school.

Multiple narrators (including some of his new classmates) relate his struggles to adjust to middle school. Many of these - where to sit, who to talk to, what to wear, which hobbies to emphasize or hide - are ones common to any midd ...more

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Jan 19, 2014 Emily rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2014, young-adult-lit, middle-grade

I have been hearing about this book for a long time, and now that I finally read it I can understand why. Wonder is one of those books that, perhaps despite its flaws, will definitely stick with you. The main character, Auggie, is a lovable hero. The reader finds themselves falling in love with him even as the children at his school do.

But, and perhaps I am too cynical, this was one of the main issues I had with the book. Everything seems to eventually come up roses for the main character. I gu ...more

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Aug 02, 2017 Jana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, kindle, 2017

Wonderful, honest, sweet story. The parents were a bit magical and everything resolved beautifully and easily, but, you know, it is a children's book and not a dark and twisty adult book. I can't wait to introduce Auggie to my niece and nephews. ...more

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Oct 02, 2017 Denise Cormaney rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ideas-for-alex, read-aloud-with-alex, audio-books

I listened to this with Alex for his book club. It was a heartwarming story, and we plan to see the movie with his friends when it comes out this fall. It was a bit young for him as a reader, but it was a good story with good characters.

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